Apr 11, 2007

Her meter showed 85 to 90 decibels, the equivalent of a
gas-powered lawnmower held at arms’ length. At that level, the federal government
would limit exposure to eight hours or less in a workplace, said the audiologist, Sharon G. Kujawa .

Typical article describing the dangers of high sound levels on human hearing. I’m
just impressed that the authors, in providing the obligatory “xx dB is roughly
the loudness of <insert device/activity>” example, actually related the sound
level to the distance of the source. Good job.